If you are at the command line you can type Ctrl-R and start typing the command. It will do a reverse search.
Another way I use is to open the ~\.bash_history file which contains the list of commands.
Raul Suarez
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--- On Mon, 3/15/10, Insurance Squared Inc. <gcooke at insurancesquared.com> wrote:
> From: Insurance Squared Inc. <gcooke at insurancesquared.com>
> Subject: [kwlug-disc] command prompt history
> To: "KWLUG discussion" <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> Received: Monday, March 15, 2010, 2:27 PM
> What's the command to browse your
> command line history, based on the first letter of the
> command?
>> i.e. I'm at a command prompt and want to get the last
> 'mysql' command I typed in.
> I know it's possible, I don't even know what the heck I'd
> google :).
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